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Business financing in Lane County.

County-by-county financing guides. No paperwork. No social. No ID.

7 institutions are headquartered inside the Lane County line, Eugene included, and 3 more keep a branch here. Below, we say which is which.

Not this lane? Home FinancingPersonal Financing

In this county10DOORS IN THIS COUNTY
7HEADQUARTERED HERE
2CDFI-CERTIFIED
9CREDIT UNIONS
3KEEP A BRANCH HERE
THE DIRECTORY

The doors in Lane County.

The CDFIs, credit unions, and microlenders that actually say yes — county by county, in two languages. We are not a lender. Nobody paid to be listed. And where a county has no good doors, we say so.

THE MAP OF DOORSOregon
Lane County
10
DOORS HERE
7
BASED HERE
32
OR COUNTIES WITH DOORS
At a glance
Lane
Business Financing
People
383Kresidents of Lane County
Covers
Eugene
Elsewhere in OR
Multnomah County →22 doors — the biggest list of any other county in Oregon
State
Oregon →32 of 36 counties hold a door in this lane
LEER ESTO EN ESPAÑOL
WHO SAYS YES HERE
2of 10CDFIs

Certified by the U.S. Treasury to lend where a bank will not. Nonprofit, patient, and used to a file that is not clean.

Central Willamette Credit Union · Community LendingWorks
9of 10Credit unions

Owned by their members, not by shareholders. They look at your whole story rather than a score, and that is the difference when a bank says no.

Central Willamette Credit Union · Emerald Empire Credit Union
Headquartered in Lane County7
  • Community LendingWorksSpringfield · CDFI loan fund
    Community lending · Business capital
  • Emerald Empire Credit UnionSpringfield · Credit union
    Personal · Home · Business capital
  • Oregon Community Credit UnionEugene · Credit union
    Personal · Home · Business capital
  • Selco Community Credit UnionSpringfield · Credit union
    Personal · Home · Business capital
  • Eweb Employees Credit UnionEugene · Credit union
    Personal · Home
  • IN THIS LIST

    2 of the 10 doors inside the county line are CDFI-certified.

    The U.S. Treasury certifies them to lend to the people banks pass over. It is a loan, not a favour.

  • Gateway Credit UnionSpringfield · Credit union
    Personal · Home
  • Pacific Cascade Credit UnionEugene · Credit union
    Personal · Home
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OPEN DOORS IN LANE COUNTY
Keeps a branch in Lane County3

Based elsewhere, with a member-facing office inside the Lane County line. You can walk in.

  • Central Willamette Credit UnionCDFI-certifiedAlbany · Credit union
    Personal · Home · Business capital
  • First Community Credit UnionCoquille · Credit union
    Personal · Home · Business capital
  • Peak Credit UnionOlympia · Credit union
    Personal · Home · Business capital
National — works with an ITIN3
  • Accion Opportunity FundAccepts ITINSan Jose · National nonprofit lender

    Nonprofit small-business lender. Accepts ITIN in place of SSN. Serves most states, in English and Spanish.

    Business capital
  • Grameen AmericaAccepts ITINNew York · National nonprofit lender

    Microloans for women entrepreneurs. Requires photo ID and proof of address — no SSN requirement. Branches in major metro areas.

    Business capital
  • Mission Asset FundAccepts ITINSan Francisco · National nonprofit lender

    Zero-interest lending circles and credit building. SSN or ITIN accepted. Works through nonprofit partners across the country.

    Personal
THE SMALL PRINT

How to read this list.

No agenda

We do not ask for your name, your email, or your number. Nothing on this page changes based on who you are.

Based here vs. serves here

A door is headquartered here when its head office sits inside the county line. The rest are based elsewhere and keep a branch you can walk into. We list both, and we label which is which.

Where this comes from

Every institution on this page comes from public federal data — the CDFI Fund certified list (Aug 2026), NCUA credit union data (Mar 2026), and the SBA microloan intermediary list (Sep 2026) — plus a short national tier we verified by hand. We refresh each list as its agency publishes. No listing is paid.

THE GUIDE

Lane County, Oregon has a rich network of local lenders, community development organizations, and credit unions that support small businesses and solo contractors — from Eugene's urban core to the rural communities along the McKenzie River and coast. Whether you need a startup microloan, working capital, or funds to buy equipment, there are local intermediaries who can guide you step by step. This guide names those organizations, explains what documents you'll typically need, and helps you recognize and avoid predatory offers. Take your time, ask questions, and lean on your local community first.

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ON THE GROUNDLane County, Oregon.
WHERE TO START

The doors worth knowing.

ALL 10 DOORS, BY NAME AND BY TOWN
THE COUNTRY AROUND ITLane County
Lane County
10
DOORS HERE
43
ACROSS OR
CDFICDFI-certifiedCommunity LendingWorks

Based in Springfield, Oregon. A community development financial institution, certified by the U.S. Treasury to lend where a bank will not, and used to a file that is not clean.

BEST FORCommunity lending where a bank has already said no, and working capital, equipment and payroll for a small business.
CREDIT UNIONCDFI-certifiedCentral Willamette Credit Union

Based in Albany, Oregon. A member-owned credit union, which means the people deciding on your file answer to depositors in the same towns you work in. It is CDFI-certified.

BEST FORBuying, repairing or refinancing a home, and working capital, equipment and payroll for a small business.
CREDIT UNIONEmerald Empire Credit Union

Based in Springfield, Oregon. A credit union: no shareholders to satisfy, and a habit of reading a whole story rather than a single score.

BEST FORWorking capital, equipment and payroll for a small business, and a personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing.
CREDIT UNIONSelco Community Credit Union

Based in Springfield, Oregon. A credit union — owned by its members rather than by shareholders, which is exactly what changes the conversation after a bank has said no.

BEST FORA personal loan, or building a credit file from nothing, and buying, repairing or refinancing a home.
RIGHT HEREOregon, and the rules that apply in Lane County.
10 DOORS ABOVE

Everything below is set by Oregon, and it reads the same in every county in it. The 10 marks above are this county's own doors — who opens one is decided by them, not by the state.

The rules where you are.

None of this is set by a lender. Oregon sets it, and it applies the same in every county in the state — which is why it is worth knowing before you knock on any of the doors above.

  • BUSINESS TAX6.6% – 7.6%

    What Oregon charges on top of federal. It is the first thing a lender reconciles when your numbers do not match your tax return.

  • CORPORATE INCOME TAX6.6% – 7.6%

    It depends on how the business is registered. A sole proprietor almost never pays it — worth knowing which side of that line you are on before you apply.

  • SALES TAXNone

    What you collect on a job, and what your materials cost. It is the gap between a bid that holds and one that does not.

  • WHERE THE MONEY IS HERETechnology & Semiconductors · Apparel & Athletic · Timber & Wine

    Oregon's three biggest sectors. A local lender reads your file against them — a trade that serves these is a trade they already understand.

Sources: Tax Foundation 2025 · Census ACS 5-year 2023 · BEA/MERIC COLI 2024 · Zillow 2026-Q1. As of 2026-04.

THE SHORT VERSION

The short version.

  1. 01

    10 doors sit inside the Lane County line. They are up the page, by name and by town — and none of them paid to be there.

  2. 02

    2 of them are certified by the U.S. Treasury as CDFIs. Lending where a bank will not is their mandate, not a favour.

  3. 03

    This page did not ask you for a name, an email, or a number, and nothing on it changes based on who you are.

  4. 04

    32 of Oregon's 36 counties hold a door in this lane. If Lane County does not have the one you need, the whole state is one click away.

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